Or, as they tended to say, "comic strip." aksjdlkgakls
*facepalms* In what conceivable way is a two-volume trade paperback (or one-volume bound hardback) a comic strip?
I feel your pain, though. We read Maus as one of several books on the Holocaust in one of my undergraduate WWII classes, and I, too, had to sit through my classmates debating whether comics were a legitimate form in which to take on serious issues.
It was almost as painful as listening to my advanced creative writing class discuss whether science-fiction/fantasy should be held to the same standards of quality as mainstream fiction. Becuase apparently, characterization and plot are less important in space.
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Date: 2007-05-11 08:16 pm (UTC)*facepalms* In what conceivable way is a two-volume trade paperback (or one-volume bound hardback) a comic strip?
I feel your pain, though. We read Maus as one of several books on the Holocaust in one of my undergraduate WWII classes, and I, too, had to sit through my classmates debating whether comics were a legitimate form in which to take on serious issues.
It was almost as painful as listening to my advanced creative writing class discuss whether science-fiction/fantasy should be held to the same standards of quality as mainstream fiction. Becuase apparently, characterization and plot are less important in space.